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Joe Concha defends Sophie Cunningham's post-election message

A repost about self-reliance and personal excellence brings the WNBA player into Fox's discussion of the midterm aftermath.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 436,501 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (29,196).

Sophie Cunningham FACES HEAT over post-election message

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0:13Cunningham's repost emphasizes self-reliance and personal excellence following the election.
1:10Concha argues that athletes expressing apparently right-leaning views face a different reception from left-leaning NBA figures.
1:35Concha jokes about Cunningham having a Fox News show after her basketball career.
2:47Asked about cultural impact, Concha argues that individual effort matters beyond election results.

Sophie Cunningham's basketball isn't the subject this time. A message she reshared after the midterm elections, urging self-reliance and personal responsibility, has become the focus of a Fox & Friends First discussion about athletes and political expression.

The segment, posted by Fox News Clips, drew roughly 340,000 views in its first 15 hours, far above the channel's usual start for regular videos. Cunningham appears in archival photos, not as an interview guest; hosts Todd Piro and Carley Shimkus discuss her repost with Fox contributor Joe Concha.

The message's central phrase is displayed on screen: "Personal Excellence is the Ultimate Rebellion." After Shimkus reads criticism directed at Cunningham, Concha argues that athletes whose posts appear right-leaning receive a different reception from NBA figures expressing left-leaning views. That is his interpretation of the response, rather than a political endorsement made by Cunningham in the clip.

Concha also turns the discussion into a television-career joke, suggesting Cunningham could have a Fox show after basketball. But when Piro asks whether her message can make a cultural impact, his answer is less buoyant: he points to the volume of noise surrounding politics and argues that elections alone cannot improve people's lives without individual effort.

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The facts

Channel: Fox News Clips
Subscribers: 867,000 ▲ 3,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 13,816,139
Channel views, pace per day: 2,737,472 (on a normal day: 1,741,626)
Video published: November 6, 2026
Video views so far: 340,480 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 436,501

The numbers

The Cunningham segment is running well above Fox News Clips' usual first-day pace. Comments have also already exceeded the channel's typical full-day total several times over.

the video's first day

usual first day here

29,196

this video

436,501

subscribers

867,000

▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days

total views

760,719,162

views per day

2,737,472